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September 14, 2014

Helping a Fellow Person with Diabetes

This last week has been a busy one.
Barry tried and lost getting his friend separated from his wife. She
has become very guarded in her desire of being with her husband.
Then A.J had a try and she let her guard down on Saturday. They went
for a drive, picked up Allen and Barry, and drove to Dr. Tom's
residence since it was Saturday.

Then they talked and gave him the
nickname of Jerry. He wanted to know why and they told him so that if
his wife was around they could talk about Jerry and his wife would be
none the wiser.

Dr. Tom asked the members to leave and
talked to Jerry for almost an hour. We are not sure what was said,
but when Jerry came out, Barry said he was very quiet and just asked
to be taken to Barry's home. Once there, Jerry would not talk about
what he and Dr. Tom had discussed, but he asked if there was space
available for him to stay for several weeks. Barry said they did not
have space, but that A.J did have room and A.J confirmed this.

They talked about getting his clothes
and diabetes supplies and how they would explain this to his wife.
Jerry said he had a suggestion from Dr. Tom, but he was not sure he
could pull it off. Barry asked if he could use some help and Jerry
said yes, but he added, you do not want the rage of my wife. Allen
said they could take it and with the five of them, it should not take
that long. Ben said they had some boxes and A.J said he had some
containers and he would get them. They decided to all drive and have
places for the boxes.

A.J said things were better than
expected and in 30 minutes, they had what Jerry needed and were gone.
There were some words, but nothing really severe. When they had
Jerry moved in at A.J's, they called me to come over. Jerry was
surprised that of the six we were all veterans. A.J helped set up
Jerry's computer, and when that was completed, Jerry said he knew
from Barry and Allen that I had a blog. I gave him the address and
he opened it. After he bookmarked it, I showed him the profile page
and he said you have four blogs. I said two were closed, but the one
on type 2 bloggers could be of interest for others that blog about
diabetes.

I had him open that page, showed him
the posts, and told him to explore, as he wanted. Then we talked
about what Jerry needed to do Monday. He wanted to go to the bank,
open a new account, and transfer some money to it. He would also
need to instruct the bank to deposit his next check to that account,
if it came before the bank account number is changed.

Jerry said then he should go to the
Social Security Office, change his address, and bank information.
Allen said he would take him if needed. Jerry accepted that and said
it could be sometime before he would get his car because he felt it
necessary to leave his wife with transportation. Jerry then stated
he would need to get his supplemental insurance moved and get that
settled. Barry said someone would be available when needed. Jerry
thanked everyone and said he wanted to relax and complete Monday
before he talked a lot more. Allen wrote his phone number on a pad
for Jerry and Barry also wrote his just in case. I put mine on the
pad also and took my leave.

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I am enjoying life, despite diabetes type 2. I am retired and enjoying the time I have for writing and photography. I was diagnosed with type 2 on Oct 2003, on oral meds for 4 months and they were doing nothing to really improve my daily readings. By cutting my carbohydrates I received the most improvement, but still not enough. Then I requested insulin, even though I did not like the thought of needles. That brought about the biggest change and A1c's in the lower 6's and upper 5's. Now I am working at maintaining them under 6.0 and hopefully nearer 5.5.